CALL TO DISARM

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 49, 21 November 1932, Page 9

CALL TO DISARM

Britain’s Proposals Meet Approval NEWSPAPER VIEWS (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) London, Nov. 18. Britain’s call to disarmament Is given prominence in the Press and approved, always with Sir John Simon’s reservation as to the collaboration of the other Powers. “The Times” says that the great merit of the British proposals is their concentration on the immediate issue, giving Germany no excuse for absenting herself from the conference. They should secure the principle of voluntary but controlled limitation, the only alternative to which is uncontrolled competition. The majority of newspapers express satisfaction with Sir John Simons statement that Britain regards the Versailles Treaty as an obligation which cannot be modified except with the consent of all the signatories. A Berlin message states that Sir John Simon was fully reported in the evening papers, which complain that Germany’s claim to equality is recognised upon conditions rendering equality illusory.